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Paul Mirengoff

Paul Mirengoff is a retired attorney in Washington, D.C. He is one of the founders of the Powerline Blog.

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3 Whisky Happy Hour
3 Whisky Happy Hour

Happy 200th To Us!

For our 200th podcast, we assembled all four Power Line Beatles, John, Paul, George and Ringo Steve and Scott, to kick around various current topics, including Steve's own experience with cancel culture, the state of the presidential race, whether the United States might actually break up after this election regardless of who wins, and above all some reflections on 18 years of Power Line, where we have (according to our site meter) posted over 57,000 items. This special episode is a crossover event, edited down from a live VIP chat session held late in the week, in which we took audience questions. So once you'd paid your Ricochet monthly dues, you should consider becoming a Power Line VIP subscriber, too. You not only get ad-free access to the site, but invitations to participate in special events and occasional premium content.
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June 2020

3 Whisky Happy Hour
3 Whisky Happy Hour

Power Line’s Fab Four on Our Crazy World

On Wednesday, "The Beatles" (John, Paul, George and Ringo Scott, and Steve) got together for a live online VIP chat session, covering everything from the riot scene, the fall election, statue-tipping, The NASCARash, and other sports. A lot of VIP members who couldn't make the show asked if we'd make available a recording, and we decided to make a highlight reel into a podcast and offer it to the public. If you're a VIP member, we thank you, and if you're not, here's a sample of the live, interactive meetup you can participate in for just a few dollars a month. I edited the show down by more than a third, cutting out not merely redundancies, but an interminable reminiscence of the Minnesota Twins move from DC to Minnesota back in the ancient of times. Some other episode perhaps. John Hinderaker is in the host chair for our VIP videochats. Take it away, John.
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December 2019

3 Whisky Happy Hour
3 Whisky Happy Hour

Power Line’s Year in Review and 2020 Preview

Our final episode of 2019 brings together the entire Power Line gang—John, Paul, Scott, and Steve, along with "Ammo Grrll" Susan Vass—for a look at the current scene and a look ahead to next year. Consisting of excerpts from a recent Power Line VIP member live video chat, John Hinderaker hosts as we review the farce of impeachment, the state of the Democratic nomination contest (including how big a buffoon Joe Biden is), what blue states might actually be in play for Trump (including even Minnesota?!?!), along with a detour into the confused Israeli political scene, and culminating in a constructive proposal from Susan for replacing "The View" on ABC with a show a sane person might actually want to watch. Happy new year, and best wishes from the Power Line crew.
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December 2018

3 Whisky Happy Hour
3 Whisky Happy Hour

A New Year’s Eve Reunion for ‘The Beatles’

Getting Power Line's own "fab four" (John, Paul, George and Ringo, Scott and Steve) together at once is almost as hard as getting The Beatles back together, even though all of the Power Line Fab Four are still living. But we did better than that: For our special year-end wrap-up and prediction show, we also assembled "Yoko Ono" (Susan Vass, aka "Ammo Grrrll") and "Brian Epstein" (aka, Joe Malchow, who really is our Supremo Producer). We reviewed a few loose ends from the political news of 2018, talked about the politics of Silicon Valley, and made predictions for 2019, which hopefully no one will write down because they will surely be wrong, as most predictions are. Ignore the argument at the end between Steve and Joe about which California appellation produces the best red wines. Joe is wrong.
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October 2016

3 Whisky Happy Hour
3 Whisky Happy Hour

Strange Times

Tonight, John, Scott and Steve got together to talk about the strangest political season of modern times. Questions abound: Does Trump still have a chance? Will tomorrow night’s debate matter? Will the Hillary Clinton scandals that have come out recently give Trump a shot in the campaign’s waning days? How about the Senate? Can the Republicans hold it? If Hillary wins and the Senate is 50/50, will control of the Senate depend on a special election in Virginia? What about the House? Is there a danger that the Democrats could retake the House as well as the Senate? And, finally, if Hillary wins following a virtually issues-free campaign, will she have a mandate to govern? Or will she be a lame duck from the day of her inauguration? The episode winds up with an interview with Senator Ron Johnson, the man standing in the way of Russ Feingold’s return to the Senate. The interview should be more than enough to convince you to go here and contribute to Johnson’s campaign.
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June 2016

3 Whisky Happy Hour
3 Whisky Happy Hour

Moral Narcissism, with Roger Simon

Tonight John, Paul, and Steve kicked around some of the major news stories of the day, including the terrorist attack in Orlando and the Democrats’ effort to change the subject to gun control. Also, Donald Trump’s train wreck of a campaign: can it get back on track? They were joined by Roger Simon, author of the just-released I Know Best: How Moral Narcissism Is Destroying Our Republic, If It Hasn’t Already. The conversation with Roger was lively, as always.
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November 2014

3 Whisky Happy Hour
3 Whisky Happy Hour

Introducing Power Line: Obama’s Gift to Republicans

You read them. You love them. And now they have their very own show. In their first episode, John Hinderaker, Scott Johnson, Paul Mirengoff, and Steven Hayward are joined by Michael Barone to dissect the numbers behind the GOP's historic election. Is President Barack Obama the gift that going to keep on giving to Republicans?

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